Criteria for a phono stage?


What technical criteria should I focus on when trying to determine which phono pre-amp to purchase?
ledzep
Forget the technicals other than make sure it has the proper gain settings to fit your desired cartridge.

Obviously, focus on getting a phono pre that sounds good to you, and fits your budget.
Thank you for your response. I have the Music Hall mmf-7 with the Goldring Eroica H MC cartridge. Which of its specifications aligns with the gain settings of the pre-amp?
The Goldring is a pretty mainstream cartridge. I'd think most phono stages would fit fine. It is a "high output" Moving Coil cartridge so would use the Moving Magnet setting on a preamp.

Things usually only touchy when using a very low output MC.
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